Return to the gigabyte x58 project:
Yessss!!! It boots and runs of a usb stick.
I used the included i7 950. So It wasn't damged during shipping, even if it was rattling loose in the shipping box damaging the lga pins. And I got it right with bending all the bend pins back.

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